MrStoneEdge

2001: Manas 2002: Boxor 2003: Makuta 2004: Ultimate Dume 2005: Sidorak 2006: Brutaka 2007: Maxilos and Spinax 2008: Toa Lewa 2009: Mata Nui 2010: Gresh

What hostile environment is he talking about? The forum might be more regulated than other forums but that's a good thing. There's no idea in trying to prevent any hate for BZPower in the future. Don't try to please the haters. There will always be haters and to change things simply to make them happy is not something you want to do.

Lewa

Bionicle is and has always been for the children of today but that don't mean that we can't enjoy it too.

The thought of an orange Toa Vakama is certainly interesting.

After the big reveal in 2008 I thought the story got too out of hand in the subsequent years. While I like the Ignition story arc I can see why people dislike it.

As we have a topic discussing the best year of Bionicle I want to know what you think the worst year is. For me it's easily 2005. The Rahaga and the Hordika are some of the worst Bionicle sets released and the story felt as an unnecessary extension of the previous year. The Visorak were nice though, but that is the only redeeming quality I can think of.

I'll have to say 2007 too. Creative sets and a lot of things going on that leads up to the big reveal the year after.

Yeah, these were pretty good!

Protector of Jungle. Nice colors.

Pohatu Kopaka Lewa Tahu Gali Onua

All of us in a nutshell, I suppose. I have more of a soft spot for Pohatu, since I'm honoring my seven-year-old tradition and getting the stone set first. I think Pohatu is the best looking set so unless I buy all sets at once I'm buying him first.

That guy called Tahu Omega Tahu in the review video and Toa Omega sounds nice but perhaps isn't relevant. I prefer Masters as of now.

(apologies for some traces of gold) definitely makes for a subtler look. not bad. I prefer gold because lunar limo but silver onua is definitely an okay look. I can't say i'd be optimistic about making the purple black; then he would be monochromatic. I always prefer a black color scheme to have a bright highlight color. The transparent purple pieces look better with the silver armor. He's got a more futuristic sci-fi look now thanks to all the silver and the transparency goes better with that.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that LEGO just picks one of the retweeters randomly from a list.

Any chance of a few more shopped pics Lucina? Maybe try losing all the gold in favour of silver as it's already been said that those parts are available in silver. If it looks good I may even bricklink them for the release date so I don't have to spend money on a set that looks so wierd! Another good one would be to make those 4 purple pieces black (if they're available in that colour!) Maybe show us how it would look with ZERO gold and purple. I might build that set myself if it looks good... Regarding Pohatu v Onua comments I have always been of the opinion that Pohatu was quick and agile while Onua was big and strong as said by others. Who said that Pohatu was the strongest one? Greg? Not writer Greg? I mean, that doesn't quite make it canon but still... It's Greg! I also agree with comments that Onua should have that hunched appearance he used to have but he doesn't really seem to. He's got the ridiculously huge torso but his head sits on top of it like all the other Toa. But then, I have an Onua Mistika sat in front of me and to be fair it looks absolutely NOTHING like the original Mata set... I like it, but it doesn't look like Onua at all! I had a thought that he might look better in all silver armor or all gold armor instead of having armor of both colors. And – while nice – I don't think that the transparent purple pieces look good on him. Solid purple or black (or maybe even gray) would look better. But of course the set might look better in real life.

Got me thinking about that the smaller sets were usually the only sets released in January in Sweden. Here's hoping that we might get the larger sets in January too, or maybe even in time for Christmas!

Crossing my fingers for this!

Oddly enough, I just 'shopped this very thing. I definitely think it's an improvement, though I can understand why they wouldn't mold one piece in two colors if it's only going to appear in one set. Now I think he would look better with gold claws. Nice picture!

I believe Onua would look better with golden shoulder pads. The transparent limbs look blue in the second picture and he would look better without them. All the sets would look better with gears in a more neutral color instead of the yellow one they have. I like the size of him though. It is fitting for him to have a bulky build.

I'm buying them all at once.

Made me realize how many sets there actually are!

Sounds just like 2001.

As far as we're aware right now, it's just a strange design choice. Perhaps one arm is more robotic than the other.